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“Was that …” I start, almost tripping over my own feet to get off of the bench.
He shakes his head. “It was the door, but it’s probably the mail.”
“What? No way. The mailman is never here before noon.”
I dart over to the gym door, and I see Bishop has already beaten me to the punch.
Gus is standing at the bottom of the stairs as our Captain and pack leader answers the door.
Scout is crossing the gym to me when I see our mate is here.
I smile back at him. “It’s Scarlett. She’s back.”
Chapter fifty-six
Bishop
The last person I expect to see standing on our doorstep today is the woman who’s destined to be our fated mate, but I can feel her presence the second the bell rings, and I know before I see her face that she’s come back to us because she couldn’t stay away.
She gives me a weak smile when I open the door. “Hey. Can we talk?”
“Sure,” I tell her. “Just you and I, or …”
She shakes her head. “All of you. If everyone’s home, I mean.”
“Everyone’s home,” I tell her, wondering if she’s including Gus, and wondering if I should try to, either way. Clearly, she has something she needs to say, and if it has something to do with the talk Scout had with her, even Gus might change his mind when he hears it.
“Okay,” she murmurs, clutching her purse straps tighter. “Great.”
She seems nervous, and I’m not completely sure she’s okay.
“Are you feeling better today?” I ask.
She nods slowly. “The migraine thing … I feel fine.”
She’s just anxious, I think, which is the polar opposite of how she usually comes across.
I guess everything she’s been through has affected her even more than we thought.
“Come in,” I offer, pulling the door open. “I’ll ask everyone into the kitchen. I just made coffee, if you want one?”
“That would be nice,” she murmurs as she steps inside.
Rueben doesn’t give her two seconds to get into the house before he’s bounding toward her from the gym with a wide grin on his face. “Scarlett! You’re back!”
She smiles back at him, but there’s something subdued about her posture.
I give him a warning glance. He rolls his eyes, but I know he’ll be careful.
We all need to be. She feels vulnerable, and she wants to talk to us.
We can’t make any assumptions about that, no matter how much we might want to.
Scout steps out of the gym next, and she gives him a wave.
I glance back at the staircase, but Gus has vanished from sight.
Looks like I’ll have to go find him.
